Cemetery Sexton

The City of Lake Worth Beach invites qualified individuals to apply for the position of Cemetery Sexton.

This Full-Time, Non-Exempt position is based on a 40-hour work week with an hourly rate of $24.87 - $33.33. This position is part of the Public Employees Union (PEU) collective bargaining agreement. The individual in this position will work out of the Public Works Grounds Office located at 1724 12th Ave South, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460.

• Vacation and Sick Leave Accruals
• 13 Paid Holidays
• 3 Floating Holidays
• City of Lake Worth Beach Medical Benefits that include Life Insurance, Dental and Vision coverage
• Retirement Plan

Work is performed under general supervision. Over sees, plans and participates in the daily operations, maintenance and upkeep of the City's two cemeteries and related facilities ensuring a safe, respectful and desirable environment for visitors.

• Accountability
  - Ensures assigned areas are consistently maintained to high standards of safety, cleanliness, and respect
• Empowerment
  - Takes initiative to address maintenance needs and contribute to team effectiveness
• Innovation
  - Identifies opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and quality of work
• Ownership - Demonstrates pride and responsibility in maintaining a dignified and well-kept environment in the City cemeteries

• Schedules / supervises / performs cemetery maintenance activities, burial preparation / services, and other related tasks such as planting and trimming trees / hedges/ shrubs, grading and sodding around plots, seeding, watering, fertilizing, and mowing
• Works a Tuesday through Saturday, 40-hour/ 5 days a week schedule with an ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance
• Lays out burial plots according to maps
• Performs administrative record keeping of lot sales, burials and grave locations
• Performs minor monument maintenance, including leveling, straightening and raising headstones and grave markers as needed
• Communicates with Funeral Directors or funeral home designees for service scheduling purposes, opening of graves, and making other funeral arrangements
• Operates equipment for digging graves and lowering caskets when needed
• Checks grave markers list and supervises the placing of markers and monuments
• Handles complaints and grievances from the public
• The examples of essential functions as listed in this classification specification are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function of work does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment in relation to the position.

• Knowledge of supervisory and administrative methods, procedures, principles, techniques and practices
• Knowledge of clerical and financial recordkeeping in connection with cemetery business operations
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the work and related equipment, tools, and machinery operation
• Knowledge of State, County, and local laws and regulations pertaining to cemetery operations
• Ability to plan and supervise the work of cemetery maintenance personnel/ contractors
• Ability to read and interpret cemetery map
• Tact in dealing with the public
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, city officials, and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability or political affiliation
• Ability to communicate effectively, written and oral

• High School Diploma or GED, an associate degree is preferred
• 2-4 Years of experience in cemetery and grounds keeping work, including…